Josh--It's my understanding that the CEDA Sexual Harassment Liaison is only for CEDA Nationals, or at least only has "authority" at CEDA Nationals. Perhaps Jan or one of her successors could comment.--Neil
>From: Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Sherry Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: Shawn T Whalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],NEIL BERCH ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CEDA-L] [eDebate] Accusations of Illegal Debating >Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:16:58 -0400 > >Hello, > >In no way am I taking a stance on the appropriateness of SFSU's affirmative >(have not seen/heard it). > >I was at the meetings way back when the harassment policy was passed and I >seem to recal that involved the tournament director being ready and in >contact with the host schools sexual harassment officer/office in such >instances. I cannot remember how discretionary the policy was/is but I >suspect a CEDA officer could answer this easily. There is also supposed to >be a CEDA sexual harrassment liason as well (I seem to remember Jan Hovden >had this office at one point). > >Hope all goes well, > >Josh > > > > >On 11/2/07, Sherry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just to play the advocate here, it is my understanding that CEDA has > > specific policies against harassment in debate rounds. I know when we >put > > an invitation out to our tournament and claim to be "CEDA-sanctioned" we >are > > agreeing that those policies will be enforced at the tournament that we >are > > hosting. If people feel that your argument is in violation of those >rules, > > what's wrong with asking the tournament to take action. I must also >confess > > that I am not as familiar with the CEDA rules as I am with the NDT >governing > > documents, and am not sure what a host is supposed to do in response to >such > > accusations. It is also the case that probably every University in the > > United States has policies opposing harassing language on campus. From >my > > experience with various university policies that were implicated at >summer > > debate camps over the years, most universities prefer that harassment >issues > > be dealt with within the university before calling in law enforcement > > (unless a physical assault was involved). Is your objection to last > > weekend's action that your arguments were characterized as "illegal"? >Would > > you really have preferred that police be called? > > > > Sherry > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Shawn T Whalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* Sherry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *Cc:* Shawn T Whalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; NEIL BERCH ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:45 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [CEDA-L] [eDebate] Accusations of Illegal Debating > > > > > > Hi Sherry, > > > > I really don't think its necessary - my point is that if someone thinks > > that the law has been violated and wants it enforced, they should call a >cop > > and/or an attorney. The debate tournament is not equiped to deal with >those > > claims. > > > > That being said, our debaters critique the heteronormativity in > > traditional international relations scholarship and in traditional >academic > > debating. They suggest that the results of heteronormativity have >resulted > > in the structuring of terrorism and queerness in similar ways. They >attempt > > to "interrupt these discourses, informed by queer pedagogy, by >performing a > > narrative which involves explicit language and some abbreviated, fully > > clothed similated sex acts. The accusation was that our performance was > > sexual harassment. > > > > Shawn > > > > > > Shawn-- > > I have to agree with Neil. There is no way for anyone to add > > constructive comments or opinions about this issue when they have no >idea > > what you are talking about. Whether you want to debate the merits of >the > > claim or not, some brief explanation of what the issues are -- what is >your > > argument? what is the nature of the accusation of illegality? -- is > > necessary. Surely, if someone threatens to kill someone else in a >debate > > round, that is not protected speech just because it occurred in the >setting > > of a debate round. > > Sherry > > = > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CEDA-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.ndtceda.com/mailman/listinfo/ceda-l > > > > >_______________________________________________ >CEDA-L mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.ndtceda.com/mailman/listinfo/ceda-l _______________________________________________ CEDA-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.ndtceda.com/mailman/listinfo/ceda-l
